elves live  in the land      
       beyond the great dam.      
   it was built in  the  late sixties.  
     the elves came to us  then.    
                      
                      
 they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we 
 came to trust them.           us 
 kids would  play down  at the water even 
 though we were not allowed.        
    sometimes  the  sluice would  close 
 entirely,  and  the  river  at the  dams 
 foot would dry up,  revealing  the rocky 
 water  garden   that   had  been  hidden 
 beneath, and we would go there.      
       before  the dam opened  again, 
 there would be  a signal,  but the elves 
 would make  us not hear it, and suddenly 
 we would find the water rising,  already 
 at  our  knees.              
                      
  by then  the  elves  would be  gone.